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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1949
Page
5
Three undefeated teams vie for the Golden Gloves tournament opening February 2 in Beckley. Applicants must submit a filled entry blank by February 1 at noon with weight class, city, and boxing experience including bouts. Include any photos if available.
Schulussie basketball teams enter a busy week led by Hope's Mustangs Lewiskin 2% Seniors and White Sulphur's Green Devils, all with strong unblemished records. Lewisburg meets Hillsboro tonight and hosts Ruinelle tomorrow, White Sulphur should stay unbeaten against Renick, and Hope faces Hinton Tuesday and a tight Montgomery test Friday. Meanwhile Stoco's Indians with a 3-0 league mark travel to Surveyor to face Trap Hill Wildcats as part of a crowded schedule with other regional games tonight.
Ben Hogan won the Bing Crosby Invitational at Pebble Beach finishing 67 75 71 in sub par rounds for a 213 total and $2,500 prize. Crosby sponsors the event and a large gallery watched the drama on the three course layout with Cain Pagel as a local pro competitor.
A roundups article notes Notre Dame and North Carolina planning a football game at Yankee Stadium next fall to reconnect Irish alumni in New York and England. It also highlights coaching multitasking, substitution rule debates, and quirky sports anecdotes from Bud Wilkinson to Duke football trivia.
A proposed Texas bill would punish bottle and missile throwers at athletic events with fines from five to twenty three dollars. Senator Keith Kelly of Fort Worth filed the measure at the request of the Texas Interscholastic League to curb bottle tossing seen at football and other games.
Beckley Moose debuts three new players Pollack White and Pettry spark a 95 to 49 win over Welch Moose at the Recreation Building as both teams prep for the State Moose Tournament in Huntington. Arnold Yost scores 18 for West Virginia standouts and Morris Harvey practice shifts mix in beginning rosters while officials discuss tournament participation limits.
Multiple matchups unfold in Lewisburg Hillsboro Baileysville GMS Mt Hope and surrounding areas. Church League and Tri County League games feature Mabscott Temple Presbyterian Christian Baptist amid school and trade league 8th 9th and 6th grade contests across Sprague Sylvia and Stanaford.
Daytona Beach Fla The Associated Press Teague won the national championship 200 mile stock car race on the 4 3 mile beach road course averaging 88 23 mph The Miami driver led most of the event finishing ahead of Al Thompson Monro e NC Guy Waller Atlanta Fonty Flock Atlanta and Bill Snowden St Augustine Others ended after incidents with Bob Byron Atlanta knocked out on lap 12 and Buddy Shninan Charlotte unhurt after a mid race overturn.
Chicago reports that seventeen American Association baseball writers have backed reviving the league all star game halted during wartime. The plan would restore annual contests between the leading team and a select group of star players from other clubs.
League leaders Episcopal and Mabscott Baptist clash in a four game slate at the Recreation Building. Mabscott (one loss in five) meets First Methodist at 7 pm, followed by Episcopal vs Methodist Temple. Presbyterian, 0-5, faces Christian. First Baptist (5-1) meets Catholic (1-4).
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